WAIKOUAITI.

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 35

WAIKOUAITI.

June 20. — A social meeting of the choii andi Sunday school teachers was held in the vestry of the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday last. Th* night was very unpropitious, and the atteudance was therefore not so large as^fc would ctherwise have been. The Rev. J. J. Cairney presided, and in a. short address impressed on those present the" necessity cf cultivating the social side of their nature, and this could be done in conjunction with church work. Various games followed, interspeised with songs by Mr Stewais (" Daybreak l 7), Miss M. Valentines (" The face eti an tinge?'), Miss Valentine (" She were a wreath "), Mr T. Smith (" The days we went a-gipsying "), Mr Fleming ('" Thei bsautiful dream "'), Mrs Kerr (." The Qtukci's daughter "), and Mr West (" The king's minstrel "). Mr T\'e3t also gave a couple of recitations, which were much enjoyed. An excellent supper was served, and at the close of the gathering Mr Stewait proriosed a vote of thanks to al! ■who had assisted*.

Aihensenir> — The monthly meeting of the Library Committee was he'd on Monday evening. Mr 2C. Stewart presiding, and there being piesent — Messrs Davis. Heckler, and Mailoch, in adciitiei: to the usual committee. The chief business of the meeting was the opening of tenders for the new additions fo the institution, v/hich were as follow— AY. O. M'Fie, £156; E. H. Clark, £161; R. Templeton, £178 18s; Parkinson a:;d Berry, £Xio; G. Lawrie, £227; G Beadle, £2SO. Mr M'Fie's tender was accepted, tho work to bs completed by the end of September nex\ One of the committea complaine-l about severd.l new and widely-re*di books being handed lound by members to their, friends before being returned to the library. This bad practice is very annoying to otb.ee subscribers, and it was decided to take stepa to stop it. No doubt when the new bookroom} is finished and the books rearranged the librarian will be able to keep a. more careful super-! vi&ion over the books, anil also over those wko-i 00/tsow them